Chapter 3
Prue didn't know what to think. She didn't know much about their past lives. They had only been shown the one, while protecting Phoebe from her evil self.
"Mom, what are they going to do?" Prue asks her mom, wanting to go down there and help her sisters.
"Darling, I don't know," Patty said but knowing it wasn't reassuring to Prue.
"How are they going to help her?" Prue ask as she was worrying about Piper.
Patty and Grams want to help out, but knew it was something that The New Charmed Ones had to figure out for themselves. Prue, on the other hand, wanted to be there to help them. If there was something that she could do, she would do it.
"Prue, honey, we can't. They are the Charmed Ones now. They'll figure it out," Grams says to Prue, hoping Prue wouldn't be asking about the past lives.
Grams knew about their past lives, but wasn't able to divulge the information. Being the grandmother and the mother of the charmed ones, they were able to have a look at their past lives. Prue declined because she only wanted to live one life, and that she couldn't do.
"I just want to help, that's all.I hate just sitting here not being able to help," Prue told Patty and Grams.
*** Phoebe and Paige had gone to the kitchen to make up the many potions that they may need to use. No knew this demons powers or even how they worked. Or even the powers that he had.
Piper was still up in the attic, looking through all the old family heirlooms, hopping, maybe she'd get lucky and a little history on her past life.
After awhile she came a crossed a Halliwell Family Tree, and thought why haven't I see this?? She pulled it out, and unrolled it. It had dated way back to the 1200's. Piper read all the names and dates on it, until she came to Marguerite Halliwell, born 1545 and died 1670.
"Marguerite.from the book of shadows."
Piper set the family tree down, and began looking through the stuff again. She came a cross a painting of a young woman, that resembled her slightly. The young woman wore a purple dress with her hair up in a bun. She read the little plaque at the bottom of the page Marguerite Halliwell.
"Wonder why we never learned much about the Halliwell line?? We always heard about the Warren line.Probably because it wasn't important enough to them at that time."
She picked the painting up and brought it over to the book, just to make sure it's the right person she's looking for.
"It is her. I mean it's me," Piper realized.
Piper sat the painting against the chair that was nearby. It was hard to take in, but then she remembered when Phoebe's past life took over. It was a horrible mess. Piper didn't want that, but then again she thought of bringing her past life to them. Maybe she had the power to kill this demon.
She decided to go down stairs to let her sisters in on her plan. By the time she came into the kitchen, her sisters had finished with the potions.
"Hey, Piper," Paige greeted her sister.
"Got an idea I need to run by you. It's a little dangerous, but it might just work," Paige said hoping they wouldn't veto it.
"Shoot," Paige told her.
Phoebe listed intently as she was pouring the potions into the little bottles, but had a feeling that she wasn't going to like it.
"I wanna bring forth the past life.bring her out, if it's possible," Piper told her idea.
"NO," Phoebe blurted out "You know what that did to me! I don't want that to happen to you!"
"This isn't your call," Piper shot back coldly.
"Phoebe's right, it's too risky," Paige agreed with phoebe.
"I'm gonna do this with or without your help," Piper said turning on her heel, leaving the kitchen.
"Piper please," Phoebe tried reasoning, but Piper ignored her and continued on.
*** An hour later, Phoebe and Paige had cleaned up the kitchen, and Piper was in the attic trying to write a spell, but she hadn't had any luck. Maybe it was for the best, she thought, in frustration. Her sisters walked into the attic with potions in hand.
"Piper, I think you're asking for trouble by bringing her out," Paige believed.
"Do you even remember what happened to me?" Phoebe asked worriedly. "Do you remember what it did to me?"
"Point taken. It's the only way if we want to survive," Piper told Phoebe, not seeking approval.
"If you're hell-bent on this, why couldn't we summon her?" Paige asked her sisters.
"We've never tried calling on a past life," Phoebe says heading over to The Book of Shadows.
She began flipping through the pages until she come a crossed To Call upon a Lost Spirit.
"We could try it, and if it doesn't work, we could rewrite the spell to work for a past life," Phoebe says reading the spell over.
Phoebe brought the book to the table, as Piper and Paige added the ingredients in the bowl and began grinding it together as they were chanting: a pinch of rosemary, a sprig of cypress, and yarrow root.
"Powers of the Witches Rise Course unseen across the skies Come to us who call you near Come to us and settle here."
Nothing but the wind blew throughout the attic. They tried a few more times, and still nothing happened.
"Why isn't it working?" Paige asked confused.
"Let's try summoning a spirit," Piper suggest turning the pages.
Phoebe grabbed the candles and set them in a circle in the middle of the attic. Walk by over to Piper and Paige.
"Here these words, here my cry Come to me, I summon thee Cross now the great divide."
The wind picks up; the girls look around, hoping that they would see this woman in the circle. White orbs appear in the circle, and a young woman appears, and suddenly becomes corporeal. Something that the girls hadn't expected.
She looks around, not realizing why she'd been called upon or even why she was brought to this place.
"Wh-wh-what am I doing in this place," the young dark haired woman asked. "Why am I in this place?"
"We'll ask the questions here," Paige told the woman." And this is for our protection."
"CRYSTALS, CIRCLE," Paige called out.
"Look here, I demand to know what's going on?" She asked again. "I demand to be let out of this contraption."
"We summoned you. Our sister is in danger, because of Carmichael. He believes that she is you," Paige says coldly.
"Oh goodness," she signed.
The girls couldn't figure out why she different that they expected. For sure, they thought, she was going to try something to get out of this.
"Carmichael?" She says his name.
"Bingo," Paige says sarcastically.
"Oh! OH.I guess he would be. He believes that I double crossed him, but I never did. A demon, named Marcus held me captive and I had no choice."
"How do we know you're telling us the truth," Phoebe asked of the woman.
"You don't. Just, please trust me."
"Why does the book say she betrayed Carmichael?" Phoebe asked confused.
"I guess nobody knew?" The young lady said. "I was held captive until Carmichael.! Marcus made me do evil things but that didn't make me evil! I didn't like what I did!"
Piper didn't say a word. She was stunned at the woman that looked just like her in her home. This woman was her past life. She never thought they'd be able to communicate with their past life like this. Piper stayed out of the way of every, until she had enough courage to come forth. She was scared.
Leo orbed in not expecting to see two Pipers. He didn't know exactly what to say. He never heard of any of his charges or the other charges making this big of a move.
"What's going on," He asked confused.
"I'd like to know that myself?" the young woman asked.
"What's your name?" Leo asked of her.
"My name is Marguerite Halliwell," she said proudly. "Who are you people?"
"Nice to meet you too," Piper says weakly stepping forward. "I'm Piper. This is my husband Leo, and my sisters Phoebe and Paige."
As Piper was introducing her family, Marguerite was stunned. She couldn't believe the resemblance between herself and Piper. Marguerite was properly dressed from her time. Long blue dress and her hair were put up in a bun. A style from that time period, but these were had been dressed in their time period. Piper's long hair was pulled back on the sides, and she was wearing blue sleeveless v neck top with black pants. Where as, Phoebe was wearing something strange, Marguerite thought. She didn't know where to begin to. Paige was unusually dressed, but it wasn't as bad as Phoebe's. She wore a peach silk top that lay on one shoulder and off the other, with black pants that flared out at the leg. Piper was the only one of the sisters that had any sense to dress, Marguerite thought holding back a laugh.
"If you're a Halliwell, how is it, we've never heard of you?" Phoebe asked breaking Marguerite's train of thought.
"Oh.Because I was a witch, and I died so young, I guess," She said. "And the fact that they thought I was evil probably contributed to their thoughts of thee."
"I've never heard of there being a witch on The Halliwell side of the family," Piper says holding back what she knows.
"Is that true, Leo," Paige asked. "Yes, but she wasn't a powerful witch like yourselves, she didn't have powers."
"I did have some power, but that was from Marcus. He gave them to me," as Marguerite began. "I lost them when I died."
"We're you aware that Marcus also double crossed you, too?" Piper asked more confidently.
Marguerite was in disbelief. She couldn't understand that Marcus was so evil, that he'd do something horrible like that to even her.
"What pray tell do you mean?"
"Marcus also locked up Carmichael," Paige says matter-of-factly.
"No, that can't be true!"
"That's what the book says, and Carmichael came after me today," Piper said to Marguerite reliving the day's event.
"Oh my," Marguerite placed her hands to her mouth at hearing the shocking news.
Piper moved the crystals away, allowing Marguerite to move about freely. Her sisters and Leo didn't think it was such a wise idea, but trusted Piper's instincts.
"We need another plan," Paige announced. "When he finds out about her, he's gonna be pissed."
"That's it," Piper blurted out. "We'll use her as bate."
"Hmm, that might just work," Phoebe agreed.
Marguerite was confused, but knew that she had to trust these people; after all, they brought her here.
*** Carmichael had been living in the house across the street, watching the manor for some time. He had purchased the house from The Johnson's the year prior to that.
He wanted to wait for the right time to kill Piper. He thought that the girls would be easy pickings, especially Piper. Carmichael had no idea who these young women were. He had no idea that they were The Charmed Ones.
During the night, he'd been watching the manor, but soon he realized there was something different. He couldn't place it, but he knew he had to make his move soon, or they'd figure out who he was, and possible kill him.
Prue didn't know what to think. She didn't know much about their past lives. They had only been shown the one, while protecting Phoebe from her evil self.
"Mom, what are they going to do?" Prue asks her mom, wanting to go down there and help her sisters.
"Darling, I don't know," Patty said but knowing it wasn't reassuring to Prue.
"How are they going to help her?" Prue ask as she was worrying about Piper.
Patty and Grams want to help out, but knew it was something that The New Charmed Ones had to figure out for themselves. Prue, on the other hand, wanted to be there to help them. If there was something that she could do, she would do it.
"Prue, honey, we can't. They are the Charmed Ones now. They'll figure it out," Grams says to Prue, hoping Prue wouldn't be asking about the past lives.
Grams knew about their past lives, but wasn't able to divulge the information. Being the grandmother and the mother of the charmed ones, they were able to have a look at their past lives. Prue declined because she only wanted to live one life, and that she couldn't do.
"I just want to help, that's all.I hate just sitting here not being able to help," Prue told Patty and Grams.
*** Phoebe and Paige had gone to the kitchen to make up the many potions that they may need to use. No knew this demons powers or even how they worked. Or even the powers that he had.
Piper was still up in the attic, looking through all the old family heirlooms, hopping, maybe she'd get lucky and a little history on her past life.
After awhile she came a crossed a Halliwell Family Tree, and thought why haven't I see this?? She pulled it out, and unrolled it. It had dated way back to the 1200's. Piper read all the names and dates on it, until she came to Marguerite Halliwell, born 1545 and died 1670.
"Marguerite.from the book of shadows."
Piper set the family tree down, and began looking through the stuff again. She came a cross a painting of a young woman, that resembled her slightly. The young woman wore a purple dress with her hair up in a bun. She read the little plaque at the bottom of the page Marguerite Halliwell.
"Wonder why we never learned much about the Halliwell line?? We always heard about the Warren line.Probably because it wasn't important enough to them at that time."
She picked the painting up and brought it over to the book, just to make sure it's the right person she's looking for.
"It is her. I mean it's me," Piper realized.
Piper sat the painting against the chair that was nearby. It was hard to take in, but then she remembered when Phoebe's past life took over. It was a horrible mess. Piper didn't want that, but then again she thought of bringing her past life to them. Maybe she had the power to kill this demon.
She decided to go down stairs to let her sisters in on her plan. By the time she came into the kitchen, her sisters had finished with the potions.
"Hey, Piper," Paige greeted her sister.
"Got an idea I need to run by you. It's a little dangerous, but it might just work," Paige said hoping they wouldn't veto it.
"Shoot," Paige told her.
Phoebe listed intently as she was pouring the potions into the little bottles, but had a feeling that she wasn't going to like it.
"I wanna bring forth the past life.bring her out, if it's possible," Piper told her idea.
"NO," Phoebe blurted out "You know what that did to me! I don't want that to happen to you!"
"This isn't your call," Piper shot back coldly.
"Phoebe's right, it's too risky," Paige agreed with phoebe.
"I'm gonna do this with or without your help," Piper said turning on her heel, leaving the kitchen.
"Piper please," Phoebe tried reasoning, but Piper ignored her and continued on.
*** An hour later, Phoebe and Paige had cleaned up the kitchen, and Piper was in the attic trying to write a spell, but she hadn't had any luck. Maybe it was for the best, she thought, in frustration. Her sisters walked into the attic with potions in hand.
"Piper, I think you're asking for trouble by bringing her out," Paige believed.
"Do you even remember what happened to me?" Phoebe asked worriedly. "Do you remember what it did to me?"
"Point taken. It's the only way if we want to survive," Piper told Phoebe, not seeking approval.
"If you're hell-bent on this, why couldn't we summon her?" Paige asked her sisters.
"We've never tried calling on a past life," Phoebe says heading over to The Book of Shadows.
She began flipping through the pages until she come a crossed To Call upon a Lost Spirit.
"We could try it, and if it doesn't work, we could rewrite the spell to work for a past life," Phoebe says reading the spell over.
Phoebe brought the book to the table, as Piper and Paige added the ingredients in the bowl and began grinding it together as they were chanting: a pinch of rosemary, a sprig of cypress, and yarrow root.
"Powers of the Witches Rise Course unseen across the skies Come to us who call you near Come to us and settle here."
Nothing but the wind blew throughout the attic. They tried a few more times, and still nothing happened.
"Why isn't it working?" Paige asked confused.
"Let's try summoning a spirit," Piper suggest turning the pages.
Phoebe grabbed the candles and set them in a circle in the middle of the attic. Walk by over to Piper and Paige.
"Here these words, here my cry Come to me, I summon thee Cross now the great divide."
The wind picks up; the girls look around, hoping that they would see this woman in the circle. White orbs appear in the circle, and a young woman appears, and suddenly becomes corporeal. Something that the girls hadn't expected.
She looks around, not realizing why she'd been called upon or even why she was brought to this place.
"Wh-wh-what am I doing in this place," the young dark haired woman asked. "Why am I in this place?"
"We'll ask the questions here," Paige told the woman." And this is for our protection."
"CRYSTALS, CIRCLE," Paige called out.
"Look here, I demand to know what's going on?" She asked again. "I demand to be let out of this contraption."
"We summoned you. Our sister is in danger, because of Carmichael. He believes that she is you," Paige says coldly.
"Oh goodness," she signed.
The girls couldn't figure out why she different that they expected. For sure, they thought, she was going to try something to get out of this.
"Carmichael?" She says his name.
"Bingo," Paige says sarcastically.
"Oh! OH.I guess he would be. He believes that I double crossed him, but I never did. A demon, named Marcus held me captive and I had no choice."
"How do we know you're telling us the truth," Phoebe asked of the woman.
"You don't. Just, please trust me."
"Why does the book say she betrayed Carmichael?" Phoebe asked confused.
"I guess nobody knew?" The young lady said. "I was held captive until Carmichael.! Marcus made me do evil things but that didn't make me evil! I didn't like what I did!"
Piper didn't say a word. She was stunned at the woman that looked just like her in her home. This woman was her past life. She never thought they'd be able to communicate with their past life like this. Piper stayed out of the way of every, until she had enough courage to come forth. She was scared.
Leo orbed in not expecting to see two Pipers. He didn't know exactly what to say. He never heard of any of his charges or the other charges making this big of a move.
"What's going on," He asked confused.
"I'd like to know that myself?" the young woman asked.
"What's your name?" Leo asked of her.
"My name is Marguerite Halliwell," she said proudly. "Who are you people?"
"Nice to meet you too," Piper says weakly stepping forward. "I'm Piper. This is my husband Leo, and my sisters Phoebe and Paige."
As Piper was introducing her family, Marguerite was stunned. She couldn't believe the resemblance between herself and Piper. Marguerite was properly dressed from her time. Long blue dress and her hair were put up in a bun. A style from that time period, but these were had been dressed in their time period. Piper's long hair was pulled back on the sides, and she was wearing blue sleeveless v neck top with black pants. Where as, Phoebe was wearing something strange, Marguerite thought. She didn't know where to begin to. Paige was unusually dressed, but it wasn't as bad as Phoebe's. She wore a peach silk top that lay on one shoulder and off the other, with black pants that flared out at the leg. Piper was the only one of the sisters that had any sense to dress, Marguerite thought holding back a laugh.
"If you're a Halliwell, how is it, we've never heard of you?" Phoebe asked breaking Marguerite's train of thought.
"Oh.Because I was a witch, and I died so young, I guess," She said. "And the fact that they thought I was evil probably contributed to their thoughts of thee."
"I've never heard of there being a witch on The Halliwell side of the family," Piper says holding back what she knows.
"Is that true, Leo," Paige asked. "Yes, but she wasn't a powerful witch like yourselves, she didn't have powers."
"I did have some power, but that was from Marcus. He gave them to me," as Marguerite began. "I lost them when I died."
"We're you aware that Marcus also double crossed you, too?" Piper asked more confidently.
Marguerite was in disbelief. She couldn't understand that Marcus was so evil, that he'd do something horrible like that to even her.
"What pray tell do you mean?"
"Marcus also locked up Carmichael," Paige says matter-of-factly.
"No, that can't be true!"
"That's what the book says, and Carmichael came after me today," Piper said to Marguerite reliving the day's event.
"Oh my," Marguerite placed her hands to her mouth at hearing the shocking news.
Piper moved the crystals away, allowing Marguerite to move about freely. Her sisters and Leo didn't think it was such a wise idea, but trusted Piper's instincts.
"We need another plan," Paige announced. "When he finds out about her, he's gonna be pissed."
"That's it," Piper blurted out. "We'll use her as bate."
"Hmm, that might just work," Phoebe agreed.
Marguerite was confused, but knew that she had to trust these people; after all, they brought her here.
*** Carmichael had been living in the house across the street, watching the manor for some time. He had purchased the house from The Johnson's the year prior to that.
He wanted to wait for the right time to kill Piper. He thought that the girls would be easy pickings, especially Piper. Carmichael had no idea who these young women were. He had no idea that they were The Charmed Ones.
During the night, he'd been watching the manor, but soon he realized there was something different. He couldn't place it, but he knew he had to make his move soon, or they'd figure out who he was, and possible kill him.